BUCKS COUNTY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLABCs of Bucks County Technical High School
Bucks County Technical High School allied health senior Collin Leaper, 18, practices bed bath skills on SIM Man at his Bristol Township school on Wednesday afternoon. Leaper, a Bristol resident, recently won first place during the Skills USA district 2 competition. Dozens of students throughout Bucks County's tech schools won awards during the regional competition in Limerick, PA. The first place winners, however, are now preparing for state level competition next month in Hershey.
Posted: Friday, August 24, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 5:52 am, Fri Aug 24, 2012.
Posted on August 24, 2012
This year’s freshman class at Bucks County Technical High School in Bristol Township will be the largest in the last five years.
The 442 members of the Class of 2016 represents a 12 percent increase from last year’s freshman class.
Why the spike?
“Perhaps due to the ongoing realization that a comprehensive technical education is a logical and efficient way of providing the student the opportunity to develop a skill applicable to our workforce while also providing excellent academics,” said Kevin Ody, the school’s coordinator of adult education and workforce training.
Or maybe it’s a reaction to the nation’s sluggish economy, climbing college costs and the school’s marketing campaigns to raise awareness of its offerings.
Founded in 1958, the school has provided education to students drawn from the Bensalem, Bristol, Bristol Township, Morrisville, Neshaminy and Pennsbury school districts. It has grown over the decades to a full-time comprehensive facility offering both academic and vocational instruction.
Statewide, there are 12 full-time vocational high schools, according to the Pennsylvania Education Department.
This year the school on Wistar Road will be offering industrial certification in every technical area offered by the school. Also, adult education evening classes and workforce training programs continue to be available in numerous areas and the school continues to expand its course offerings.
While the school was not making Adequate Yearly Progress as of 2012, math and reading scores “have shown improvements,” Ody said.
“As the only comprehensive technical high school in Bucks County, we provide premiere technical training dovetailed with an excellent, high standard of academics on a level with all other area high schools,” he said.
The school will hold an open house and application night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 1 for prospective students and families.
Website: www.bcths.com
WHO’S WHO IN THE SCHOOL
Administrative Director: Leon Poeske, 215-949-1700, ext. 2914
Supervisor of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Connie Rinker, 215-949-1700, ext. 2813
Supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services: Kevin Gentilcore, 215-949-1700, ext. 2977
Business Administrator: Sharon Rendeiro, 215-949-1700, ext. 2916
Co-Principal: Henry DeGeorge, 215-949-1700, ext. 2357
Co-Principal: Mary Kelly, 215-949-1700, ext. 2349
Coordinator of Adult Education and Workforce Training: Kevin Ody, 215-949-1700, ext. 2348
Joint School Board Committee:
Ralph Douglass, Matthew Grodsky and Wayne Lewis, Bensalem; John Doyle, Bristol; Helen Cini, Stacy Gerlach and Angela Nober, Bristol Township; Wanda Kartal, Morrisville; Kim Koutsouradis, Mike Morris and Bill Oettinger, Neshaminy; Stephan Kosmorsky, John Palmer and Gary Sanderson, Pennsbury.
The board meets Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 26, Dec. 18, Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25, April 22, May 22 and June 24. Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. in the boardroom (K110) at Bucks County Technical High School.
2012-13 SCHOOL CALENDAR
Aug. 30 — Freshmen orientation in the morning
Sept. 3 — School closed for Labor Day
Sept. 4 — First day for all students
Sept. 17-18 — School closed for Rosh Hashana
Sept. 26 — School closed for Yom Kippur
Oct. 9 — Staff development; school closed
Oct. 10 — College and career fair
Nov. 6 — School closed for Election Day
Nov. 12 — School closed for Veterans Day
Nov. 21 — Staff development; school closed
Nov. 22-23 — School closed for Thanksgiving
Dec. 21 — Half day for students
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 — School closed for Winter Break
Jan. 2 — Students return
Jan. 21 — School closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 5 — Staff development; school closed
Feb. 18 — School closed for Presidents Day
March 28-April 1 — School closed for Spring Break
May 17 — Field Day
May 21 — School closed for Election Day
May 23 — Senior Awards Night
May 24 — Field Day (rain date)
June 4 and 5 — Senior finals
June 6 — Senior finals make-up
June 12 and 13 — Grades 9, 10 and 11 finals
June 14 — Last day for students
Source: Bucks County Technical High School
4 comments:
What do you know? Tech School enrollment is rising. I was told by a prominent district person that it was dropping.
It is very hard to separate fact from fiction, even from people who you think would know the right answers.
Tech school is not utilized properly in this district. False sense of a better school prevents morrisville from flourishing. Private schools same thing. District needs to keep our students in our building in our community. Increase enrollment, increase quality of programs and competition amongst the students, and decrease the cost per pupil. Oh, but then we need more classrooms and teachers...never mind.
The district needs to prevent people from exercising choice, and take responsibility for my happiness.
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